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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the one homeless shelter open?
(a) Every night of the year.
(b) During the summer months only.
(c) When temperatures dropped below freezing.
(d) From 7 to 8 pm nightly during the winter.

2. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) About 5.25 million.
(c) About 1.2 million.
(d) About 8 million.

3. What were 381 missionaries paid for in 1861?
(a) Distributing literature about birth control.
(b) Converted 1.8 million to Christianity.
(c) Distributing 30 million Bibles.
(d) 1.8 million home visits.

4. What does Mayhew say is difficult or impossible?
(a) To write a book that fails to cover the morally deficient.
(b) To catalogue all the various ways to turn criminal.
(c) To write a book that is fair to those who are morally defective.
(d) To catalogue all the various ways to earn a living.

5. Who were most of the street folk Mayhew discussed?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Entertainers.
(c) The Homeless.
(d) The Insane.

6. What does Mayhew say separates animals from plants?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mobility.
(c) The necessity of finding food.
(d) The force of breath.

7. How many were professors and artists?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 22,000
(c) 45,000.
(d) 18,000.

8. What did a 19-year-old newspaper printer like?
(a) To have more than she needed.
(b) Men.
(c) Expensive dresses and jewelry.
(d) To eat and drink extravagantly.

9. For whom did the street clown work for before becoming a clown?
(a) The dockmaster.
(b) His father's employer.
(c) A gang of crossing sweeps.
(d) The constable as a watchboy.

10. How many were employed as domestic servants?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 200,000.

11. What were buskers?
(a) People who are insane but harmless.
(b) People who are only temporarily homeless and perfectly sane.
(c) People who hawk wares.
(d) Street performers.

12. What did the mother of the magician do to the family library?
(a) Burned it when she was delirious and thought books were evil.
(b) Sold it all off.
(c) Donated the library to the London museum.
(d) Nothing.

13. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?
(a) Started the meter on the way to pick someone up.
(b) Employed unlicensed cab drivers for a portion of the day.
(c) Started the meter halfway through the trip and pocket the difference.
(d) Charged more than allowed by regulation.

14. How much did the fire eater earn?
(a) 1 shilling a night.
(b) 10 shillings a night.
(c) 1 pound a night.
(d) 4-6 shillings per night.

15. What does the author say beggars often spent considerable amounts of money buying?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Women.
(c) Wine.
(d) Costumes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the photographic man do before this job?

2. What did Hemyng define as prostitution?

3. What areas have the most prostitution?

4. How many prostitutes did Bishop Ryan estimate worked in London?

5. When did the magician's father die?

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